Unseen Passage
Food can maintain or save life. It can destroy life as well. Proper food serves the purpose of medicine. Improper food works as poison and causes diseases. We may take pride in calling ourselves civilized; but we flout all the norms about the quality or quantity of food. We mostly eat processed foods. We have drifted away from mother nature. Thus the incidence of diabetes has increased very much. According to a survey, diabetes was rare in the natives of Canada a few years ago. With the advent of processed and junk foods, the incidence of diabetes has shot up within a very short time. By offering chocolates, cakes and ice creams too often to our children and by attending parties every other day, we in fact, invite obesity and diabetes.
Word-meanings :-
- maintain - बनाए रखना
- flout - निरादर करना
- norms - मापदंड
- processed - कारखानों में तैयार किया गया
- drifted - भटक गए , बह गए
- incidence - विस्तार
- diabetes - मधुमेह
- junk food - अल्पाहार के रूप में लिया जाने वाला भोजन जिसे स्वास्थ्य के लिए अच्छा नहीं माना जाता
- obesity - मोटापा
Questions :-
- What is improper food ?
- What is the effect of improper food ?
- How have we changed our food habits ?
- What causes obesity and diabetes ?
- Which word in the passage means 'being fat' ?
Answers :-
- Food that is harmful to health is improper food.
- Improper food works as poison and causes diseases.
- We have started flouting all the norms about the quality and quantity of food. We mostly eat processed foods.
- Processed and junk foods cause obesity and diabetes.
- 'Obesity' means 'being fat'.